Saw-gage.



H. DUEYSEN.

SAW GAGE.

APPLICATION IILED JAN. 11, 1913.

1,073,969. Patented sept.23,1913,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. DUEYSEN.

SAW GAGE.

APPLIOATION I'ILED JAN.11, 1913.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

tw .QN MW i? Nm OQO@ t y mi www t HELMUTH DUEYSEN, OF THOR?, WISCONSIN.

SAW-GAGE.

Application filed January 11, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

,Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 741,399.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HuLMU'ri-r DUnYsnN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Thorp, in county of Clark andState of `Wis consin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Saw-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in szw gages and the object is toprovide means for causing the gage to be automatically actuated upon themovement of the carriage from and toward the saw.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawingsw-Figurel is a perspective view of themachine showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview o-f the invention; Figs. 3 and l are detail views.

A represents the carriage upon which the log is placed, and 1 is the sawgage which is pvotally mounted by means of hinges 2, E2, at one end ofthe carriage. A lever 3 is connected to the gage l and pivotallyconnected to the lever is a link Al. A bar 6 is slidably .mounted inbrackets 5 which brackets are connected to the under side of thecarriage A. A lip 7 formed on the bar (l has an opening therethroughthrough which an end of the link l extends and which is fastened inposition by means of a cotter pin 8. A coil spring 9 is mounted upon thelink and is located between the lip 7 and the lever 3 and causes thesaw-gage 1 to be normally held in a vertical position.

A frame B has a saw shaft 10 mounted thereon and upon the shaft is a sawC. Connected to the carriage A are shafts l?) which pass over rollerslll carried in brackets 15 by the frame B and thence beneath the groovedrollers 1.8 mounted upon a shaft 17, the shaft 17 being supported by theframe B, and extending from the outer ends of the shaft and on each sideof the rollers 1S are guards 1G which are connected to the frame B forholding the shafts 13 against lateral movement. A bracket 19 isconnected to the vforward end of the frame B, and connected to thebracket is a track 20 which is pro vided with a plurality of openings 21whereby the track can be adjustably connected to the bracket forlengthening and shortening the track, according to the size of the sawused, by .means of bolts 22. The track 20 extends preferaljily at anoblique angle as at 93 and then extends parallel as at Qfl, to the malnportion 20, a stop 25 being formed at the end of the track forpreventing the roller or wheel QG carried by the bar (l 'from passingoil' of the track. A coil spring 27 is connected to the bar G and to thecarriage A for holding the roller or wheel QG in engagen'ient; with thetrack.

lrior to mounting the log upon the carriage, the carriage is moved toits position whereby the gage 1 will be brought to a vertical positionand the wheel 9.13 carried by the bar t3 will be resting upon the rightangular portion Q41. of the track Q0. rlhe log is then placed upon theIarriage and one end of the log engages the gage thereby determining thelength of the cut to be made. As the carriage A is moved toward the sawC, the wheel 2t) will travel along the oblique angular formation of thetrack 2O thereby gradually drawing` the gage away from the end of thelog and bringing the gage from a vertical to a horizontal position orsulliciently below the end of the carriage to permit of'the log, or aportion which has been cut, being removed easily and readily. rThelowering of the gage prevents any poserv bility of binding of the woodor log upon the saw during the cuttingoperation.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters latent, is

l. The combination of a frame and a movable carriage, a saw mounted uponthe frame, of a gage pivotally mounted at one end of the carriage, atrack connected to the traine, and means connected to the gage engagingthe track for causing the gage to be lowered as the carriage is movedtoward the saw.

2. ',lhe combination with a movable carriage and a frame, a saw mountedon the frame, a gage pivotall y mounted at one end to the carriage, alever connected thereto, a bar slidably mounted on the carriage, a linkConnecting the lever and bar, an angular In testimony whereof I affix mysignature, track connected to thefraine, and a Wheel in the presence oftvvo Witnesses.

Connected to the bar ada ated to travel alon@ the track for drawing tllegage away froni HELMUTH DUEYSEN' the end orp the log being out and belowthe level of the table as thecarrage is moved toward the saw.

Witnesses LAURENCE SELESK, vGriiloRGE BURKE.

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